TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding heterogeneity in adaptation to retirement
T2 - a growth mixture modeling approach
AU - Muratore, Alexa M.
AU - Earl, Joanne K.
AU - Collins, Catherine G.
PY - 2014/9/1
Y1 - 2014/9/1
N2 - Previous research has shown that as people transition to retirement they display heterogeneous growth in outcomes. Typically three subgroups are observed, in which people either increase, decrease, or maintain their scores over time. Extending this research, this study investigates whether subgroups exist independent of the retirement event and compares growth in two outcome measures-retirement adjustment and life satisfaction. Survey data were collected from 360 retirees across three time points. For life satisfaction, growth mixture modeling identified three distinctly growing subgroups. The majority maintained their scores over time, and two smaller groups showed increases and decreases in life satisfaction over time. No subgroups were identified for retirement adjustment. Implications of these results are discussed and suggestions are made for future research.
AB - Previous research has shown that as people transition to retirement they display heterogeneous growth in outcomes. Typically three subgroups are observed, in which people either increase, decrease, or maintain their scores over time. Extending this research, this study investigates whether subgroups exist independent of the retirement event and compares growth in two outcome measures-retirement adjustment and life satisfaction. Survey data were collected from 360 retirees across three time points. For life satisfaction, growth mixture modeling identified three distinctly growing subgroups. The majority maintained their scores over time, and two smaller groups showed increases and decreases in life satisfaction over time. No subgroups were identified for retirement adjustment. Implications of these results are discussed and suggestions are made for future research.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84923588132&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2190/AG.79.2.c
DO - 10.2190/AG.79.2.c
M3 - Article
C2 - 25536703
AN - SCOPUS:84923588132
VL - 79
SP - 131
EP - 156
JO - International Journal of Aging and Human Development
JF - International Journal of Aging and Human Development
SN - 0091-4150
IS - 2
ER -